Instant Pot Jamaican Cornmeal Porridge Recipe

This Jamaican Cornmeal Porridge Recipe is one I grew up eating. Now my daughter, hubby, and I enjoy this recipe almost weekly. Make it in the Instant Pot for a hands off breakfast. This post contains affiliate links, read my full disclosure policy here.

Instapot!!! Ok, I know…it’s called Instant Pot, but I like saying Instapot! I got an instant pot over the Christmas break and I’ve been loving this thing. What the heck is an Instant Pot you may ask?!? Well that’s what I wondered when I ordered it with no clue what it was. But everyone was getting it so I wanted one too. Well, it’s pretty much a pressure cooker. An electronic genius pressure cooker that won’t blow up in your kitchen if you follow the instructions. It has tons of settings and you can find one on Amazon for a pretty reasonable price.

My instant pot has a bunch of settings, from meat, poultry, soup, saute, slow cooker, and porridge. Yes, there is a setting on the instant pot for porridge. It isn’t quite clear what they expect to be made with this setting but I automatically thought about Jamaican cornmeal porridge and got excited. Pretty much the reason I bought mine.

Jamaican cornmeal porridge is simply made with yellow cornmeal, milk, water, spices, and condensed milk. That’s it for this easy breakfast. It’s served warm and I like to serve mine with a side of bacon. I would serve everything with a side of bacon if I could. Bacon is amazing.

I hope you enjoy this easy peasy breakfast recipe as much as we do. Keep a lookout for some other Instapot recipes to come your way. This thing is pretty cool.

Notes on Instant Pot Jamaican Cornmeal Porridge

Traditionally, cornmeal porridge is made on the stove and requires stirring. If you’re going to use the Instapot, make sure you use super fine cornmeal to avoid any lumps.

I use condensed milk to sweeten my porridge. Feel free to use sugar as a substitute if you like.

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This looks amazing! I have to eat calming foods for a stupid pancreas that hates me so I was looking for porridge recipes and I came upon this one. It’s now in my Paprika app and will be made this week! I can’t do dairy but a simple sub of almond milk and coconut creme will make this amazing!

I made this without the berries and the flavor was really good, it could have used a dab of butter and a small pinch of salt but it was still yummy. However it never pressurized and it stuck to the bottom. After the timer was done I opened it and whisked vigorously with the sauté on low till it was thicker. Even though this was very good sadly I think I’ll pass.

Same here. My screen just said burn and it was all stuck to the bottom of the pot. I ended up finishing it on the stove and it was delicious, but i sure wonder how everyone else manages to make it in their instant pot!

I love cornmeal porridge. I just got a instant pot and was eager to see if I was able to make the porridge in the pot. Making it over the stove is such a tedious process but this was simple and easy thanks a lot.

I made this for dinner and it was so yummy. My mother really enjoyed it. Can you please make a plantain porridge instant recipe? Have you cooked Jamaican steam cabbage in the instant pot? If yes please share the recipe.

I WANT ONE! I have seen the one pot all over the internet. I need to put in my order fast. Yum this has condensed milk in it too! I put it in my oatmeal sometimes. I def have to put your recipe on my to do list. I can’t wait to see your other instant pot recipes!

I visited my mom over the holidays and she had one of these bad boys sitting in her kitchen. She absolutely adores it. I myself haven’t quite gotten onto the Instant Pot craze. . .because. . .well. . .I live in Boston. . .and my kitchen is teensy weensy so I have no room for it (our pressure cooker is stuck in storage at the moment). But I love that it is a pressure cooker & crock pot all in one. Definitely a fantastic way to consolidate appliances.